hi doctor. my 2.5 year old son is having fever cold and cough for 5 days. gave 5 doses of antibiotics for 2 days. still fever is there. if I give paracetamol fever goes and comes back after 8 hrs. he is having temp 100-101. should i go back to doctor or I can wait for the antibiotics to finish. please advise

2 Answers

Thanseeha NargeesMom of 2 children1 Year ago

A. go back to the doctor. i think dr will prescribe another antibiotic. same thing happened with my daughter last month.

Dr GhouseGuardian of 3 children1 Year ago

A. ok se. there are various reasons for the baby to have fever starting from infections like viral bacterial inflammations we had to treat with only paracetamol which is safe if the fever is more than 100 degre

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